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ratcatcher

ratcatcher noun: one who catches rats; particularly one who does so professionally.

Noun

ratcatcher (plural ratcatchers)

  1. One who catches rats; particularly one who does so professionally.
  2. (UK) An insult, not widely used nowadays but made popular by William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet.

Forms of ratcatcher

pluralratcatchers
alternative formrat-catcher

Origin of ratcatcher

From rat + catcher.

Questions about ratcatcher

What does ratcatcher mean?
Ratcatcher means one who catches rats; particularly one who does so professionally.
What part of speech is ratcatcher?
Ratcatcher is a noun.
What is the plural of ratcatcher?
The plural of ratcatcher is ratcatchers.

Words near ratcatcher in the dictionary

  1. ratborne
  2. Ratboy
  3. Ratby
  4. ratcastle
  5. ratcastles
  6. ratcatcher
  7. ratcatchers
  8. ratcatching
  9. ratch
  10. Ratchaburi
  11. ratched

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